njega

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *něga.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲêɡa/
  • Hyphenation: nje‧ga

Noun

njȅga f (Cyrillic spelling ње̏га)

  1. care, nursing
Declension

Further reading

  • njega”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲêɡa/
  • Hyphenation: nje‧ga

Pronoun

njȅga (Cyrillic spelling ње̏га)

  1. of him (genitive singular of ȏn (he))
  2. him (accusative singular of ȏn (he))
  3. of it (genitive singular of òno (it))
  4. it (accusative singular of òno (it))
Usage notes

Njega is used only after prepositions; otherwise njega is shortened to clitic ga.

Declension